Louis Walsh sparks backlash after branding Jedward as 'vile' prompting brutal response

Louis Walsh is facing some major backlash after branding Jedward as 'vile', and the twins have since hit back at the former X Factor judge.

Now, Louis hasn't been shy sharing his opinions on a whole bunch of stars while being in the infamous Celebrity Big Brother house - from Sinitta and fellow housemate Lauren Simon to a handful of others.

Well, it seems his chatter hasn't gone unnoticed by the Irish twins Louis once mentored on the talent show back in 2009.

Last night's episode (12 March) saw Lauren leave the house, but it seems ITV viewers were way more focused on Louis' comments than her departure from the competition.

The 71-year-old TV personality opened up about what it was like working with Jedward on X Factor.

He said: "They were vile… I done five million quid with them, I swear on my mother’s life.

"They were novelty, they were great for the show."

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Fans of the programme have since raced to social media to share their thoughts on Louis' 'slander' with one X, formerly Twitter, user writing: "If you come for Jedward, you come for the Eurovision community.

"I met Louis Walsh in 2017 and I was NOT a fan to say the least."

Another slammed: "We will not be accepting Jedward slander from [Louis Walsh]."

The duo themselves have since taken to their own Twitter account to share with their 645.4K followers their reaction to Louis' comments.

The musicians - whose real names are John and Edward Grimes - shared a series of tweets reading: "Louis Walsh is a cold-hearted b*stard who didn’t even send us flowers when our mom died.

"Louis Walsh b*tched and talked about us to our best friend Tara Reid and then we fired him!

"Louis Walsh is an evil manipulator who forced us into an office to pay £70k+ to from our bank account to one of his own PR workers.

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"Louis Walsh tried to make us sign our name and life away in dodgy contracts to people he was great friends with without our mom we wouldn’t be here today!

"What an absolute weirdo with bad intentions for all... does he like anyone?"

They also penned: "Girls Aloud hate Louis! Jedward hate Louis! Ronan Keating hates Louis! All future acts should be made aware of what this VILE man is really like."

And the final tweet at the time of writing reads: "Louis reopened these wounds all by himself being spiteful and disrespectful we aren’t going to have our character taken. Justice will be served."

LADbible Group has reached out to Louis Walsh's representative for comment.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.